Leaning back in chairs

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For some reason I can't help leaning back in my chairs. I either rock in the chair or lean back. My mom says I can't do It since I could break the chair. I can't control it. I feel like my mom and teachers at school always yell at me. I have fallen back and the worst that has happened is I got a bruise. Though I usually lean back on something like a wall or another child's desk. I really don't under stand. If it is about the chair breaking I lean agents things. Do people make chairs designed for leaning back and rocking.

Now that would be a neat design. You could make a 'tipping chair' versus a 'rocking chair'. Have you ever seen those balancing discs for the gym that are circular and have a ball in the middle? I am wondering if something like that would give you a wide enough base at the bottom for stability and kind of bounce you back before you fall? Any other ideas? We have a gouge in the kitchen floor from my son tipping on a chair. He's always done it and I figure he is old enough that if he falls he'll figure it out or not himself. I don't care about the floor but my husband does. Anyways, I think it would be fun to have your own tipping chair.

How about a rocking chair, or a standing desk?

Most folding chairs will give out, I've seen it happen from someone sitting in the normally. In the adolescent unit of the psych hospital they would take away all the points I earned that day when I leaned back so I had to overwrite that for a while. A tipping chair is a fine idea though. I may try to build myself one

Leaning back in chairs is one of my stims as well. I'd totally buy a "tipping" chair if they existed.

I'm a definite lean backer ...

I used to do that a lot at school, but a lot of kids did, especially boys.

What you need are Wheelie Bars!

I'm actually the opposite...I hate leaning back in chairs, and always make adjustable chairs as stiff as possible.

I always lean back or rock in chairs.

I used to lean back in chairs a lot....when I was a kid, I would sit at the kitchen table and draw, and I would actually rock back and forth in the chair. My dad saw me do it several times and was amazed that I didn't fall backward. When we moved house and I tried doing the same thing with the chair at my desk, it actually fell over backward (thank god we had carpeting in that part of the house) and that sort of stopped me from doing it anymore. I've kind of returned to it, tho, since my dorm room has rocking chairs in it.

sorry lol wrong thread

you need The Perfect Chair.

Oh yeah, I always got in trouble in school and with my mom for this. If I don't, though, I'm never comfortable.

If you lean back in those cheap resin chairs a leg will break,I've seen a lot of drinkers go down that way.Nobody hurt but the chair now has three legs

While I do tend to lean back, when I'm focusing on something on the table in front of me, I have a habit of leaning FORWARD.